Retail relations: An interlocking directorate analysis of food retailing corporations in the United States

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 489-498

  Schwartz, Rachel A ^a,b   Lyson, Thomas A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Food and nutrition system; Food retailing; Interlocking directorates; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848962245     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9085-x     Document Type: Article

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